President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wave to the crowd as they walk in the inaugural parade along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2013. Say what you will, the Obamas look really good in official pictures. To select this image I went over several dozen free images available from the White […]

Israeli stocks and bounds advanced following elections, “as investors bet Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition would weaken ultra-Orthodox factions as the nation seeks to narrow its budget deficit,” according to a report by Bloomberg business news.

TEL AVIV – His party shrunk, his opponents grew and his challengers multiplied. But with the results in, it seems Benjamin Netanyahu survived the Knesset elections Tuesday to serve another term as prime minister.

JERUSALEM – With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the Likud-Yisrael Beiteinu slate, still expected to be tapped by President Shimon Peres to form Israel’s 33rd government, its makeup will look different from the outgoing coalition.

Counting of the 250,000 votes from soldiers, hospitals, embassies and prisoners are expected to only be completed on Thursday. As a result, some of the party numbers may still change. There are predictions that Likud may still go up to 33, HaBayit HaYehudi to 12, while Yesh Atid may drop to 18 and the Arab […]

Last night, Benjamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Liberman stood on the stage, apparently celebrating their stunning drop from 42 to 31 seats in the coming Knesset. What were they saying? I’m open to additional suggestions… Send them in… The image we used here repeatedly was shot by miriam Alster/FLASH90. For footnotes, look below… 1. Arthur J. Finkelstein […]

Update: There was a slight surge for the religious/right during the middle of the counting, but in the end it didn’t pan out. As the voting results continue to be tallied, it appears that the Right and Religious parties are gaining in strength compared to the the results released in the earlier exit polls, with […]